English translation
[2403] 108 - (1043) 'Awf bin Mâlik Al-Ashja'î said: "We were with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, nine, or eight, or seven (people), and he said: 'Will you not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ?' We had only recently pledged our allegiance, so we said: 'We have sworn our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allâh.' He said: 'Will you not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ?' We said: 'We have already pledged our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allâh.' Then he said: 'Will you not pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ?' We held out our hands and said: 'We pledge our allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allâh. Tell us on what basis we should pledge allegiance to you?' He said: 'On the basis that you will worship Allâh and not associate anything with Him, and (you will perform) the five daily prayers, and you will obey Allâh' - and he whispered - 'and you will not ask the people for anything.' I saw that some of those people, if they dropped a whip, they would not ask anyone to hand it to them."